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tv   Katy Tur Reports  MSNBC  February 1, 2023 11:00am-12:00pm PST

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good to be with you, i'm
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katy tur. here we are again, another fed meeting and another expected rate hike. we're going to get to the number in just a second. it is expected to be a quarter of a point. we're going to see how the markets react to that because they have been on a relative upswing and we're wondering does that trend continue? we are also watching as you well know, memphis. the funeral for 29-year-old tyre nichols is today. and supposed to begin right about now. weather has been delaying it, so we'll go there as soon as it does start. but again, there is breaking news from the fed. just confirmed, they are raising it, interest rates, by a quarter point. joining me now is nbc news business and data reporter, brian cheung. a quarter point, what can you tell us? >> the nation's central bank, the steward of the u.s. economy raised interest rates by .25 percentage points in their
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meeting today, after some encouraging news we had gotten in previous weeks that inflation was coming down. was at 6.5% as of the last read we got. the federal reserve wants to see that closer to 2%. the mission far from accomplished on inflation. a lot of americans still feeling the pinch at the store. the federal reserve staying in a statement, quote, the committee anticipates that ongoing increases will be appropriate, so it seems like the federal reserve leading on the table further interest rate hikes. translation for every day americans, borrowing costs on mortgages and auto loans and credit cards are going to remain high this year, even if the federal reserve later on this year is able to stop these interest rate increases. >> let's talk about housing and the mortgage rates. there's a lot of housing out there, and a lot of speaking mortgages. it's leading to a bit of a slow down in the housing market. talk to me about what this will mean for the broader economy? >> we need the context of 2022, we began last year around this time last year, rates were around 3 1/2%. it more than doubled to about 7% as of november last year, you
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can imagine how many people that sideline perspective home buyers that said you know what, i'm no longer a prospective home buyer. it's too expensive to buy a house. we have seen that come down. it's not one-to-one tides, set by the federal reserve. the fed is a big reason by borrowing costs have increased so much, and a reason home sales activities have fallen sharply. the national association of realtors noted that the pace of home purchases in december was just above 4 million. we haven't seen a number that low in many many years. >> inflation is slowing. gas prices are declining. groceries still stubbornly high. a lot of that due to the hike in eggs. although with bird flu potentially easing, the eggs are expected to go down in price soon. what does this mean for the broader economy, though, brian, about whether we're going to have a soft landing or if we are still in for a recession. does this indicate anything for
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us, news of this quarter point hike? >> as you mentioned, food prices are remaining high, although maybe there are some signs that those numbers could come down in the future. we have to remember that we look at overall inflation, we look at goods, for example, we have seen a lot of price declines in durables, electronics, washing machines, for example. what it's worth, the overall concern is not necessarily inflation. it's unemployment. 3.5% is an unemployment rate. the federal reserve itself is projecting that number could go up by as much as a full percentage point as they make these borrowing costs more expensive. might lay people off as we have seen in the tech sector. for that reason, unemployment ends up kind of showing joblessness. hasn't happened yet, that is very much a big concern as we talk about that hard landing versus soft landing, if a lot of people lose their jobs, that would be a hard landing. >> brian, thank you very much. we've got more breaking news,
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this on the fbi search of president biden's beach house in delaware. this morning, nbc news confirmed the search was being done in coordination and cooperation with the president's legal team. now, according to bob bauer, the president's personal attorney, no new documents with classified markings were found at the residence. but the doj did take some materials and handwritten notes that appear to relate to his time. the president's time, as vice president. joining me now is julia ainsley. there's going to be a statement by ian sams at the white house council's office. talk to me about what they did take, these notes and these materials relating to his time as the vice president. if they were related, isn't that a violation of the presidential records act? >> let's start with that question first, is it a violation of the presidential records act. what i have just been reporting and digging into is that the
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president can destroy or even invite outgoing vice president, can destroy records if the president, the outgoing vice president or president determined they are not of administrative, historical, informational or evidentiary value. >> ian sams has just walked out, and i want to hear what he has to say. >> reporter: this is consistent with the president from the beginning of having total cooperation with the justice department as it goes through the ongoing investigation. that will continue. i'm happy to take questions. mary. >> you did not disclose that the fbi also searched the president's former private office in washington. do the american people have a right to know about that? >> i think we have been transparent from the beginning with providing information as it occurs throughout this process, you know, we have released probably thousands of words of statements from the president's personal attorney about the process that has been undertaken. the process has been fully coordinated with the justice department, as they conduct an ongoing investigation. and we want to be very careful
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to be respectful of the integrity of the ongoing investigation, and i think that it's important to understand that as these things develop and as information develops throughout an investigation, we're trying to get you access to as much information as we can, and with regards to that specific question, i don't have anything to add right now. i think it's probably more appropriate that that question specifically about something that happened a few months ago be asked to the justice department. >> you guys consistently talk about cooperation, going forward, would that include sit down for an interview? >> sure. thanks for the question. we're not going to get ahead of potential steps in the investigation. the president has been fully cooperative, and he's directed his team to be fully cooperative, and that's because he believes in the independence of the justice department. he believes in giving them the space to conduct a thorough review and to conduct that review efficiently. he's moving quickly to give them access to his home in wilmington, to give access to his home in rehoboth, so they're
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able to get access to the information, and move ahead in the review. we're not going to speculate about potential things that may happen in the future in this investigation. we have been fully cooperative. the president has been fully cooperative. his lawyers are in direct discussions with the justice department, and that's going to continue. >> why did it take so long for a search of rehoboth beach residence, and who from the white house if anyone was there? >> that's a good question. we have been working directly with the justice department from the very beginning. as soon as the initial set of materials was discovered at the penn biden center and it was reported to the archives, and the archives notified the justice department about the finding and we have worked, the presidents personal attorneys worked closely with the justice department through the process, and white house counsel's office was not present today to answer that question, and we have been following the justice department's lead in coordinating these searches with them. if you want to ask granular questions about the decision making, about the search or the
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timing or anything like that, i would refer you to the justice department. >> a couple questions, to be very clear, has the fbi conducted any searches of any other locations associated with the president that you or the white house is aware of? >> look, i think we're providing information as this goes on and answering questions about the search activities. i don't want to speak too much about the doj's practice in an ongoing investigation. i can say that we have cooperated fully. the president's personal attorneys have provided information to doj, we have addressed openly and directly the searches that were conducted first at the president's wilmington residence and then today at the rehoboth residence. you saw in the statement that was released by the president's personal attorney, for example, that no documents with classified markings were found in rehoboth today. we're going to continue to provide information as this investigation goes on and ensure that you guys have the ability to share with the american people sort of the information that is important for them to see as the president's
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cooperating with this investigation. i want to be very careful to respect the integrity of the investigation, not speak too much to the justice department's decision making and their activities but as it's appropriate like we did today, if we have information to share about activities that have been conducted, we will do that. >> just to be very clear about this, let me follow up if i can very quickly. i'll ask a separate question. did anyone at the white house at any point tell the national archives that they could not release a press release about the discovery of documents? >> what's that in reference to? >> a reporting from james comer that says in his conversations with the national archives they communicated that they were told, the archives was told it could not release a press release at whatever point it was about the discovery of classified documents. did anyone at the white house tell them not to do that is this. >> i don't know anything about that. if that's actually what he said, it's probably better to ask the archives if that's actually what was said and understand a little bit more about what he meant.
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>> reporter: you couldn't say yes or no? because it was yes or no? >> i gave an answer to that question. >> reporter: can you say confidently whether you believe there are any more classified documents, if there were none found today -- >> look, the justice department is engaged in an ongoing investigation, an investigation that the president has been fully cooperative in, offering unprecedented access to his home in wilmington, to his home, every single room of his home in rehoboth, as well as the one in wilmington, and giving them access to the information they need. he's moving quickly to get them the information they need. i'm going to be careful not to characterize what the justice department is doing in their investigation. probably more appropriate for a question like that to be asked of the justice department, so i would point you to them. >> reporter: does the white house plan to comply with the house oversight committee's records? >> can you say a little bit more about that. >> reporter: the house oversight committee has asked for communications and asked to see
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the documents that were found. do you plan to give those records to the house oversight committee? >> we received a few letters from the house oversight committee in recently weeks. we actually gave them a response letter earlier in the week. or excuse me, last week, i should say from the white house counsel. we're engaging in good faith with them, have reached out to the committee staff to ensure we are being responsive to these requests. obviously when you're in an ongoing investigation like this with the justice department, you're fully cooperating with, you know, you want to protect the integrity of that investigation and safeguard information from the investigation, to protect decision making, we're in communication with the oversight committee, we're operating in good faith with legitimate oversight requests. >> the follow up on what peter was asking are there any communications about searching other areas that former vice president biden was working in? i'm talking about the university
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of pennsylvania, any place there might be documents. >> you know, the president's personal lawyers have addressed sort of the process of identifying, you know, locations where materials from the vp years could have been stored. they're working in open consultation with the department of justice. i'm not going to speak to decision making that the justice department is going to make about how to conduct their investigation. that certainly would be more appropriate to be asked of them as opposed to us. we're being fully cooperative, offering access to the president's personal homes, you know, we have been cooperative with the justice department ensuring that they have access to materials and handing any materials that are found over to the justice department. like initially was done with the national archives, so we're going to continue to be cooperative with the justice department throughout this. >> reporter: handwritten notes twice now the fbi has taken what is described as handwritten notice. have they given any explanation why those notes are of interest? i assume that day not taking every handwritten note they come
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across. what is it about in particular those handwritten notes they have taken? >> i think you see today in the statement released by the president's personal lawyers and the statement released by the president's personal attorney after the search of the wilmington house, i think they believe, you know, some of the materials that were seen and taken, they appear to relate to his time as vice president. they want to make sure the justice department has access to the information they need to sift through materials as part of this ongoing investigation. i'm not going to characterize too much of the underlying contents. i think we have spoken to why certain materials may have been taken. >> you said the search was planned. how long was it planned for. were there any parameters for the search? you said they searched everything on the property. was there any reason to believe anybody else in the biden family would have had access? >> i'm not going to speak to the negotiations or discussions or collaborations between the president's personal attorney and doj and establishing the search. we're cooperating fully with the justice department. we're cooperating fully with the
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justice department and ensuring they have access to the house. the rehoboth house today. the president is moving quickly to get them access to the information they need. they can move forward with the thorough review. >> i want to follow up with the handwritten notices. is the white house aware what specific, what they actually are and what they contain? you're saying they may say something about his time as vice president. what level of sensitivity might be contained in those handwritten notes? >> that's a good question. i'm not going to be able to speak to the underlying contents of what the justice department may be looking as as part of their ongoing investigation. as they move forward with the investigation, the president, attorneys, white house certainly are going to be fully cooperative with that. we're following their lead to ensure they have what they need in order to conduct a further review. >> reporter: have they told you specifically? >> i'm not going to speak to the doj conversations. >> reporter: at this point, what is the total number of documents
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bearing classified documents that have turned up? >> i think that's a more appropriate question for the justice department. i don't want to characterize what they're reviewing. thank you, guys. >> reporter: were you going to tell us about the search today? >> interview with the president andsams, white house counsel's office. a lot of wordsaying too much. repeated cooperating fully, and fully cooperating multiple times. they're working in good faith. they have been fully transparent, they want to protect the integrity of the investigation. julia ainsley is still with us. he didn't really say a whole lot. but one thing he did not say and did not answer was peter alexander's question of whether the fbi has searched any other properties, did not answer that question. >> i was throwing up my hands on that one as well. peter hit the nail on the head. we just learned yesterday that
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there was a search in mid november of the penn biden center by fbi, and of course we're learning today that these cars showed up at the rehoboth beach home, and he didn't answer whether any other properties might have been searched. he said we don't want to get in the way of their investigation. we're telling you about these. the only reason they're telling us is because there were cameras that saw the cars approaching the house. there's a conflating of the narrative. we're being transparent. you know of this because of us. obviously the administration knew in november there was an issue with the handling of classified documents and we only found out in january. you asked me a good question that started as is this in violation of the presidential records act, and the answer is it could be depending on what they found today. we know there were no classified documents that came from the presidents lawyer as well as confirmed by our sources at nbc
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news but there could be material in there that would fall under the presidential records act that biden as vice president should not have left the oval office with. they can continue to look through those and they can debate, litigate if it goes to that, over whether it would fall under that category of being administrative, historical, evidentiary, a lot falls into those categories. this will play out for a long time, now that we know there are three locations involved here. >> i wonder why they sent ian sam's out because he didn't say anything at all to reporters. he gave the same answer to every question. some combination of fully cooperating or cooperating fully. you have to ask the doej about this. we want to protect the integrity of the investigation. other than to try and claim they are being transparent about these documents issues, and julia, you pointed out, they haven't been. >> that's right, and i'll say someone who asked the doj a lot,
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it's not easy to get answers there. one thing that changed today. we know special counsel robert hur is in his seat commanding this investigation. i don't know if it's a coincidence that this happened the same day. the office is up and running and they have taken over the investigation from the u.s. attorney in the northern district of illinois. the idea that the white house would somehow be interfering with the investigation by giving the american public more information deserves to be questioned every day. and i think we are also seeing the same thing not just from republicans but also democrats on the hill who want to know more about the information that could have been improperly stored in those, specifically the classified documents that have been found, and they are unhappy about the answers they're getting not just from the administration but from the justice department. a lot of people in washington, not just us, not just the media, are asking more questions about what's here, and so far we're hearing, we're fully
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transparent, we're not getting a lot of answers. >> it's republicans, it's the media, democrats as well that want more answers. can we just assume here since the fbi was looking into biden's homes that the fbi is also going to be looking into vice president pence's residences and offices? >> it's an easy assumption to make because if you're following the trail of they're trying to cover their bases here and look into any residence of anyone who says they left their office with materials they shouldn't have, it makes sense. we don't have reporting to corroborate that at this point that there have been searches but perhaps some have been done. perhaps some will come in the future. honestly it's a drip drip drip out of all of these investigations at this point. >> and what about the other former presidents vice presidents who have said they don't have documents, can we also assume, nara sent them a letter, or was it doj saying to please double check everything, but can we assume from this that they are going to say we want to
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be doubly sure that you were as careful as you claim to be? >> it's hard to walk that road. at this point, what would be the fbi's reason to conduct a search. they would have to get a warrant to go in and do that. i don't know that a judge would grant that warrant if there's not evidence that there were classified materials or materials would be in violation of the presidential records act in those homes. as we have now learned, this issue actually goes all the way back to former president jimmy carter living on the peanut farm in georgia. this is something that's very common and also raises into appropriate american debate over how we store and mark and trace classified information. let's be clear, people put their lives on the line to give information to the nation's leaders and should that information be compromised? those peoples lives could be put in danger. >> if the information was not that sensitive, we should have a
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conversation about how we are classifying and whether it's going overboard. there have been a lot of officials, including senators who have come out and wondered outloud whether we need to start doing a, you know, an investigation into how we do things, how we process this material. julia ainsley, thank you very much for sticking by us with that story and with that impromptu news conference from ian sam's in front of the white house. again as we told you, the funeral for tyre nichols is today, and it has just begun. we do want to take you there. this is the reverend dr. roslyn nichols who is speaking right now. t now.
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♪♪ good morning. or good afternoon. my name is tiffany rachelle. i'm from houston, texas. i am the mother of jalen randall that was also killed by an officer, by hpd. april the 27th, 2022. and my condolences go out to this mother. i'm here to offer my condolence to you. i pray that god bless you.
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i pray that god heal your broken heart. we are fighting together, all the mothers all over the world need to come together, need to come together and stop all of this. i'd like to dedicate this song to you. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ lord i will live my eyes to
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the hills ♪ ♪ glory my hill is coming from you your peace you give me in times of the storm ♪ ♪ you are the source of my
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life ♪ ♪ you are the source of my strength ♪ ♪ i lift my hands in total praise to you ♪ ♪ lord i will lift my eyes to the hills ♪ ♪ knowing my help is coming from
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you ♪ ♪ your peace you give me in times of the storm ♪ ♪ you are the source of my strength yes you are ♪
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♪ you are the strength of my life ♪ ♪ i lift my hands in total praise to you amen ♪ ♪ amen amen amen amen amen
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amen ♪ ♪ amen ♪♪ oh, hallelujah, in his name, lift up his name hallelujah ♪♪ >> and the church said amen. i want to invite you in these moments to silently read the obituary that is printed and as well give your attention to the
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screens and receive this pictorial tribute. l tribute. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪
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♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ first chronicles, chapter 12 and versus 32 speaks of the sons of isakar, who are men who
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understood their times and what to do about them. the set man for this hour at this time is a man who understands his time, and what to do about them. there is no need, really, for an introduction, and i would share a personal story that when i was pastoring my first church as a young pastor, reverend sharpton invited me into the family of the national action network, allowed me to serve on his board, and give me a front row to his work in leading the civil rights movement. i want to say this without any fear of contradiction. he is the hardest working civil rights leader of our time, come on. come on.
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[ applause ] i have watched him in these moments minister to families who are experiencing what mr. and mrs. wells are dealing with now. and not just show up and share the eulogy but he's continued to walk with these families over the weeks, the months and the years ahead. but i think it is important for me to set the record straight. so many people erroneously think that reverend sharpton has to chase the cameras. let's be clear, he brings the cameras with him to shine a light on the injustice that's happening in our nation. and so we are blessed today and tyre nichols and a voice for our time, i would after the next
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selection by the celebration choir that we would all stand on our feet and welcome the president of the national action network and our ewe eulogyist f this service, come and receive the celebration choir. ♪♪ ♪ in this walk we face many
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battles they belong to the lord ♪ ♪ so put on the armor of god delight yourselves in his word ♪ ♪ don't it's too late ♪ ♪ don't give up the fight ♪
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♪ so be encouraged my brothers ♪ ♪ hold on my sisters ♪ ♪ there's a way of escape for you and for me ♪ ♪ be strong ♪ ♪ stand on his word ♪ ♪ god has promised to fight every one ♪ ♪ so don't you give up the fight ♪ ♪ it's too late ♪ ♪ too late to give up now don't give up ♪ ♪ don't give up the fight ♪
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♪ jesus on a hill on calvary where he gave his life ♪ ♪ for you and me so dry your eyes and don't you cry ♪ ♪ everything everything is going to be all right now ♪ ♪ into the light but hold on ♪ ♪ in the morning time fight on ♪ ♪ fight on ♪
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♪ fight on ♪ ♪ fight on ♪ ♪ fight on ♪ ♪ fight on ♪ ♪ fight through the rain fight through the pain ♪ ♪ fight on ♪ ♪ fight with you down ♪ ♪ fight on ♪ ♪ fight through your tears ♪ ♪ fight on snaend brave through -- we've already won the battle fight on ♪ ♪ fight on fight on ♪ ♪ spiritual wickedness ♪ ♪ fight on ♪
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♪ fight on the lord is by your side ♪ ♪ fight on ♪ ♪ everything is going to be all right you've got to fight on ♪ ♪ fight on fight on ♪ ♪ god is right here with you here's with us ♪ ♪ god you're right here with us ♪ ♪ fight on we've got to fight on ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ fight on fight on fight on ♪
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♪ fight on ♪ ♪ yeah ♪♪ [ applause ] [ applause ] . >> you may be seated.
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giving honor to god, to our pastor. reverend jayson lawrence turner. to all the clergy, our public officials and to most of all, the family of tyre nichols. let me say that we're blessed to have a young pastor who has labored in social justice and prophetic visions.
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[ applause ] and who immediately said to let us celebrate tyre here at this great church. people like jason turner, matt vaughan, in the ministry every day. a lot of ministers show up when the cameras show up. and leave when the cameras leave. >> that's right. >> been he's been with us for many years, and he's a great giant in his own rite. give a hand to reverend jason turner. [ applause ] let me also say that i want to recognize there are other families thatch come -- that have come from around the country that know what mr. and mrs. wells is going through and all of the siblings. and i want them to stand and be recognized because they know what it is to sit at a funeral
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like this, and i know the family of george floyd is here. stand up. brandon, botham john's here, philoius, and the mother of eric garner from new york is here. gwen carr. the mother of breonna taylor, tamika palmer is here. and there may be others that i did not have the note for. i want the family to know that they have come to be with you on this day from all over the
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country. and we thank the white house, the president talked to the family but sent a delegation led by the former mayor of atlanta who now is running policy and social engagement in the white house, mayor keisha lance bottoms. the head of infrastructure, the infrastructure czar of the country, former mayor of new orleans, stand up, mitch landrieu is here. the fighting congresswoman from houston, texas, fighting for reparations in the congress, sheila jackson lee is here.
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and my friend and brother the congressman right here from tennessee, congressman steve cornyn is here. many years ago there was a controversy in california, and there was one that stood up for justice and i watched them grow as they fought and took a balanced and principled stand supporting what was right, even when it wasn't popular. and they grew from one office to another, every office they ran for predicted you couldn't win. the political polling told them they couldn't win, and they kept beating the polls, and they told her she shouldn't be here today. but the snow backed up and she's
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here, the vice president of the united states, kamala harris. [ applause ] [ applause ] i was going to be polite about it but since you all stood up and clapped so long, wouldn't it be nice for her to share a few words with us? [ applause ] come on. come on up here so they can see
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you. [ applause ]. >> good afternoon, church. reverend sharpton, i want to thank you for all you do for so many. there are so many families here who have been personally touched by your leadership and your strength and your fellowship. reverend dr. lawrence turner, thank you for welcoming us. keisha lance bottom, mitch landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president joe biden, and we are here to celebrate the life of tyre nichols. mrs. wells, mr. wells, you have been extraordinary in terms of your strength, your courage, and your grace.
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and we mourn with you and the people of our country mourn with you. and i'm going to be very brief, mothers around the world, when their babies are born pray to god when they hold that child that they body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old
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with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. [ applause ]. and when i think about the courage and the strength of this family, i think it demands that we speak truth, and with this i will say this violent act was not in pursuit of public safety. it was not in the interest of keeping the public safe because one must ask was not it in the interest of keeping the public
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safe that tyre nichols would be with us today? [ applause ] was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? so when we talk about public safety, let us understand what it means in its truest form. tyre nichols should have been safe. so i'll just close by saying this, i was, as a senator, as a united states senator, a coauthor of the original george floyd justice in policing act. [ applause ] and as vice president of the united states, we demand that congress pass the george floyd justice and policing act. joe biden will sign it. and we should not delay and we
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will not be denied. it is nonnegotiable. and with that, i'll just, pastor, if you don't mind, one of my favorite versus in scripture is luke chapter 1, verse 79, which tells us, god will help us to shine a light upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet in the way of peace. let our memory of tyre shine a light on the path toward peace and justice. thank you. [ applause ].
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>> vice president kamala harris. [ applause ] i want you to turn your attention very briefly to the 37th chapter of genesis. it reads, so joseph went after his brothers and found them near dophin, but they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
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here comes that dream they said to each other, come now, let's kill him, and throw him into one of the cisterns and say that a ferocious animal has devoured him. may god add a blessing to the reading of his word. early this morning before dawn i did what i often do when i come to memphis, i went out to the lorraine motel. as a youngster, i joined sclc, operation breadbasket. i had been a boy preacher in the church of god and christ, and my mother was concerned when i was
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12 that i was getting too involved in looking at activism and adam clain powell and others. she took me to my bishop. bishop fd washington who said i know what to do with him, and he brought me to reverend william jones who led dr. king's organization in new york, and reverend jesse jackson, and at 13, the year dr. king died, i was 13 years old. i became youth director of the chapter in new york. so it was my growing up in the king movement in the north after his death that makes me come to the lorraine hotel. and look at the spot that dr. king died. this morning, i took my youngest daughter ashley with me. and i told the story of how
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dr. king had came to memphis to fight for garbage workers, city employees, that had no safety. two had been killed with a malfunction. and here we are 55 years later. looking at the balcony where martin luther king shed his blood for city workers, for black city workers. to be able to work in the police department, work in sanitation, and the reason why mr. and mrs. wells, what happened to tyre, is so personal to me is that five black men that wouldn't have had a job in the police department,
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would not ever be thought of to be in an elite squad in the city that dr. king lost his life, not far away from that balcony you beat a brother to death. there's nothing more insulting and offensive to those of us that fight to open doors that you walk through those doors and act like the folks we had to fight for to get you through them doors. [ applause ] you didn't get on the police department by yourself.
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the police chief didn't get there by herself. people had to march and go to jail and some lost their lives to open the doors for you, and how dare you act like that sacrifice was for nothing. you ain't in no new england state. you in tennessee. where we had to fight for you. and you take that position and do what we saw, and then some of you all got all this mess on social media. let me tell you something, i don't know what you writing on social media. i know what i saw on the tape. and the tape speaks for itself.
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they never asked this man for his license. never asked for the car registration. snatched him out of the car and began beating him. nobody mentioned nothing about no girlfriend. nobody mentioned nothing about no -- they started beating an unarmed man. >> set them straight. fix it. tell them. tell them. >> in the city that they slayed the dreamer, what has happened to the dream? in the city where the

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